Monthly Events:
The WTM or Wellness Through Mindfulness is a community dedicated to offering free teachings on Mindfulness and related topics. It’s our goal to give you events that provide learning and experiences that allow you to continue to deepen your mindfulness practice. Events will include a talk, guided meditation, and time for questions and discussion. These events are suitable for all levels of practice. A few key points when registering:
- Events are scheduled on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month from 7 – 8:30 pm.
- These are free events.
- They are offered as In Person meetings.
- Join us for the In Person meeting at the Shaganappi Community Association Hall (2516 14 Ave SW, Calgary AB T3C 3V2)
- Join us for Tea at the In Person meetings at 6:30 – 7pm for a chat and to create community.
Please bring Indoor shoes for the meeting - For environmental reasons if you can please bring your own tea cup.
- If you would like to volunteer to help set up the hall please come at 6:15pm
- If you have any outstanding Library Books please bring them back to the In Person meeting
- After you register for the event, you will be sent a confirmation email with registration details on how to connect and participate in person.
- If you are unable to attend the live event, know that you can always view the talk on our website one week after the original date.
DONATIONS
At WTM all the events are offered free. The speakers and organizers are not paid. However we do have costs to keep these events happening. If you feel that they have been of benefit to you a donation would be greatly appreciated.
A minimum donation of $10-20 makes a big difference to us. Or whatever you feel you can afford or want to offer. Click here to learn more about a donation.
EDUCATIONAL FORUMS
These sessions are provided strictly with the intention to provide education. It is not a forum intended to deal with specific personal issues one might have. Wellness Through Mindfulness and the participating speakers’ content and presentations are not to be used as a substitute for counselling, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, mental health care, substance abuse treatment, or other professional advice by legal, medical, or other qualified professionals. It is the participant’s exclusive responsibility to seek such independent professional guidance as needed.
COVID POLICY
To our wonderful WTM community,
First of all, thank you for your ongoing support and participation in our past events. We care deeply about you, and the health of those around you, both here in our city and the extended communities we travel and interact with. As a result, we’ve been reluctant to return to in-person events, but given recent Provincial guidelines, we have decided to return to hosting our events in-person and online from the Shaganappi Community Centre. The past couple of years have not been an easy time adapting to the demands COVID 19, but we are ready to come back together in mindful, non-harming ways.
We invite you to make the choice that is right for you while attending our events in person with the following considerations:
- If you are feeling unwell, please do not attend our live events.
- Use hand sanitizer or wash your hands upon arriving and leaving, after using a washroom, or if you’ve eaten.
- Masking and vaccinations are recommended but not required
- It is the responsibility of the individual to determine your personal risk. WTM will not be held responsible for any incidents of contracting COVID 19 after attending a live event.
If you have any sign of a flu, cold, or were recently diagnosed with COVID 19 we’ve implemented this policy to ensure we offer our events to the community in the safest possible way.
We respect and honour all your choices. We are happy to see you online or in person. It’s your participation in this community that makes it so special and worthwhile. We hope to do our part in keeping this, and the extended community safe and healthy.
Please email us with any questions or concerns.
The WTM Team
We believe it’s important to check in with you, our valued community at Wellness Through Mindfulness. Our bi-monthly events are curated to ensure you enjoy and have a valuable experience when you attend. Please take a moment and respond to our survey so we can know how to continue to best serve your needs for mindfulness and related topics.
Schedule of Events:
Click Here to Register Now
DONATIONS
We do have costs related to running of the WTM such as tech support, rental of the hall, Zoom and Meetup licenses. There is no payment given to the speakers or organizers of the WTM.
Donations keep us going and your support is needed.
A donation is suggested for coming to the event. Recommended donation is $10-20 or whatever you feel you can afford or want to donate.
Donations can be made here on the website or by cash at the meeting.
After registering, if you are experiencing any problems accessing the event on the day of the meeting you can send a message to wtm.yyc@gmail.com
Spring into a Season of Growth: A Guided Experience for Centering Using Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Depth Hypnosis
May 1, 2025 – 7:00 – 8:30pm
led by Carmen Richardson, MSW, RCSW, RCAT, REAT & Heather Good, MSW, RSW, IAYT
Join Heather Good and Carmen Richardson for this session where you will be introduced to an IFS and breath practice for grounding and centering. Learn about the practice of Depth Hypnosis and experience the power of this practice for connecting to inner stillness. Leave the session with a tangible resource that you can use in your daily life and practice.
In Person at the Shaganappi Community Association Hall (2516 14 Ave SW, Calgary)
Join us for tea at the hall at 6:30pm
Heather Good, MSW, RSW, IAYT is a Yoga Therapist, focusing on emotional well-being and is an Applied Shamanic Practitioner and Depth Hypnosis Practitioner. She has taken what Maureen Murdock refers to as the “heroines journey” to connect to her inner power. She leads online yoga classes for emotional wellbeing and both local and international healing retreats.
Carmen Richardson, MSW, RCSW, RCAT, REAT is a Level 3 Certified IFS therapist and founder and director of the Prairie Institute of Expressive Arts Therapy (PIEAT). Carmen is a Registered Clinical Social Worker, Registered Expressive Arts Therapist and Registered Canadian Art Therapist in private practice for 30 years
Heather and Carmen provide workshops and retreats for professionals and have developed an integrative approach to self-healing using IFS, Shamanism, Depth Hypnosis, Yoga therapy and the Expressive Arts. They specialize in supporting “helping professionals.”
You can learn more about their upcoming local offerings and their Healing Retreat in Costa Rica at www.heathergood.ca or by messaging info@heathergood.ca or carmenr@telusplanet.net
Click Here to Register Now
DONATIONS
We do have costs related to running of the WTM such as tech support, rental of the hall, Zoom and Meetup licenses. There is no payment given to the speakers or organizers of the WTM.
Donations keep us going and your support is needed.
A donation is suggested for coming to the event. Recommended donation is $10-20 or whatever you feel you can afford or want to donate.
Donations can be made here on the website or by cash at the meeting.
After registering, if you are experiencing any problems accessing the event on the day of the meeting you can send a message to wtm.yyc@gmail.com
THE GRADUAL TRAINING
May 15, 2025 – 7:00 – 8:30pm
led by Mary Dumka (Sanghamitta)
The Gradual Training is the Buddha’s detailed explanation of how to follow the Noble Eightfold Path to the end of suffering. Join Mary Dumka as she outlines this invaluable path.
In Person at the Shaganappi Community Association Hall (2516 14 Ave SW, Calgary)
Join us for tea at the hall at 6:30pm
Click Here to Register Now
DONATIONS
We do have costs related to running of the WTM such as tech support, rental of the hall, Zoom and Meetup licenses. There is no payment given to the speakers or organizers of the WTM.
Donations keep us going and your support is needed.
A donation is suggested for coming to the event. Recommended donation is $10-20 or whatever you feel you can afford or want to donate.
Donations can be made here on the website or by cash at the meeting.
After registering, if you are experiencing any problems accessing the event on the day of the meeting you can send a message to wtm.yyc@gmail.com
Embracing darkness:
A Mindful approach to welcoming the unwelcome and the unwanted
June 5, 2025 – 7:00 – 8:30pm
led by Dr. Allan Donsky
Our internal life and the world out there provides many opportunities to engage the dark, the unwelcome, and the unwanted. Mindfulness reminds us we can either avoid being in wise relationship to the “yucky stuff” or we can find healing and “yummy stuff” alongside uncertainty and chaos. Our mindful practice provides an opportunity to experience the ever-present dance of darkness and light. The talk will attempt to render and shape the experience into language that helps us remember ourselves more fully.
In Person at the Shaganappi Community Association Hall (2516 14 Ave SW, Calgary)
Join us for tea at the hall at 6:30pm
Click Here to Register Now
DONATIONS
We do have costs related to running of the WTM such as tech support, rental of the hall, Zoom and Meetup licenses. There is no payment given to the speakers or organizers of the WTM.
Donations keep us going and your support is needed.
A donation is suggested for coming to the event. Recommended donation is $10-20 or whatever you feel you can afford or want to donate.
Donations can be made here on the website or by cash at the meeting.
After registering, if you are experiencing any problems accessing the event on the day of the meeting you can send a message to wtm.yyc@gmail.com
Everything’s Alright: the Possibility of Cultivating Contentment
June 19, 2025 – 7:00 – 8:30pm
led by Ayya Ahimsa
In our competitive, consumer culture we rarely hear talk about contentment. According to the Buddha it is a huge blessing in someone’s life to often hear talk about contentment and fewness of wishes. Indeed, contentment is a reservoir of peace and ease in our lives, our spiritual practice and in our meditation.
In Person at the Shaganappi Community Association Hall (2516 14 Ave SW, Calgary)
Join us for tea at the hall at 6:30pm
NEW TOPIC OR SPEAKER
We are always looking for interesting speakers and topics to present at the WTM. If you have an idea for a speaker or topic please email your thoughts to: wtm.thebreathproject.org
Thanks from the WTM
VOLUNTEER
In order to create longevity and stability for the WTM we would like to incorporate as a registered charity.
If you are able to volunteer to support this endeavour please reply to:
wtm.yyc@gmail.com
With much gratitude,
WTM
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